The funds will go to Batase Village, a community that was close to the epicentre of the earthquake. It is a two-day walk from Kathmandu, the closest city.

Chloe Hearn, who volunteered in the Batase Village last year, said the village had been shattered.

“The school and house has been completely destroyed by the earthquake – all of the village is currently sleeping outside in the Himalayan cold with no shelter, dirty water and is nearly running out of food,” she said.